It's Eustace Tilley Time

That's right, it's time once again for The New Yorker's annual Eustace Tilley Contest, now in its sixth year. The iconic Eustace Tilley character, who returns to grace anniversary issues each year, was drawn by Rea Irvin, the magazine’s first art editor, for the cover of the first issue of The New Yorker in 1925, with readers invited for some years now to contibute Tilley reinterpretations.

You have until January 7, 2013, to upload your cover design to the contest site. The editors will pick 12 winners, to be displayed on the magazine's site, with visitors able to vote for their favorite from among these, from January 14 through 22. Five Readers’ Choice winners will be featured on the site in early February and will receive signed copies of Blown Covers by the magazine's art editor, Françoise Mouly. The winners from last year's competition are shown below, with those from previous years displayed on the magazine's site.